Events on Saturday, December 26

Salt N Pepa

Music: Hip-Hop

Salt N Pepa

Saturday 12/26 @ Club Nokia

Yes, yes, y'all, the first ladies of hip-hop are back with ther bad selves and planning to have old-schoolers and newbies... 

Narrow Books & Barnacle Books

Music: DJ

Narrow Books & Barnacle Books

Saturday 12/26 @ Hyperion Tavern

When they're not cranking out art books, comics, and underground novels, indie book publishers Narrow Books moonlight as a band of... 

Gene Kelly Musicals: Singin' in the Rain & An American in Paris

Film: Double Feature

Gene Kelly Musicals: Singin' in the Rain & An American in Paris

Saturday 12/26 @ Egyptian Theatre

Treat yourself to a day after Christmas Gene Kelly "All dancing, All singing," double feature. SINGIN' IN THE RAIN, 1952, Warner... 

Ongoing Events

Mark Tribe: <em>Port Huron Project</em>

Art

Mark Tribe: Port Huron Project

Saturday 12/26 @ LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions)

At Rhizome.org, Mark Tribe supports the creation and dissemination of forward-thinking contemporary art; and LACE is a fixture in LA's anything-goes... 

<em>Human Rights: Student Voices</em>

Art

Human Rights: Student Voices

Saturday 12/26 @ Skirball Cultural Center

Recently, Art Center College of Design students directed their communications prowess towards human rights, yielding emotionally-charged pieces that straddle the line... 

<em>Caught</em>

Performing Arts: Theatre

Caught

Saturday 12/26 @ Zephyr Theatre

David L. Ray's new play Caught travels to the controversial crossroads of gay marriage and the bible belt. Although the play... 

Michael Arata: <em>Remember</em>

Art

Michael Arata

Saturday 12/26 @ Kristi Engle Gallery

Michael Arata is one of LA's best known "artist's artists," a man with serious chops as a curator as well as... 

<em>Heroes and Villains: The Battle for Good in India's Comics</em>

Art

The Battle for Good

Saturday 12/26 @ LACMA

Rendering and paraphrasing India's ancient epic tales of archetypal gods and goddesses at war with demonic bad guys, Heroes and Villains:... 

City Gems

Scribble Press

Saturday 12/26 @ Scribble Press

Technically, Scribble Press is for children, but if you behave yourself, you can use the impressive bookmaking emporium — complete with... 

Ugo Wine Bar

City Gems

Ugo Wine Bar

Saturday 12/26 @ Vinum Populi

Culver City's latest spot of interest is Ugo Wine Bar, a cozy wine bar with the usual bistro couches and charcuterie... 

<em>Giant Robot Biennale 2: 15 Years</em>

Art

Giant Robot Biennale

Saturday 12/26 @ Japanese American National Museum

In 2007, Giant Robot launched its first biennale celebrating 15 years as a magazine and a pop culture phenomenon. For its... 

<em>Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy</em>

Art: Installation

Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy

Saturday 12/26 @ GRAMMY Museum at LA Live

The recently opened GRAMMY Museum at Downtown's mammoth entertainment complex LA Live offers visitors a rare, intimate glimpse into the life... 

<em>Everyday Miracles (Extended)</em>

Art

Everyday Miracles (Extended)

Saturday 12/26 @ REDCAT

Unfettered by a male-dominated Asian art scene, Everyday Miracles (Extended) — an offshoot of the Everyday Miracles that debuted at the... 

<em>Let There Be Light</em>

Art

Let There Be Light

Saturday 12/26 @ Phantom Galleries LA: Long Beach

In a modern update on the urban tradition of extravagant seasonal shop-window decorations, Phantom Galleries' Long Beach phalanx offers nearly 30... 

<em>Breach of Peace</em>: Photographs of Freedom Riders by Eric Etheridge

Special Event

Breach of Peace: Photographs of Freedom Riders by Eric Etheridge

Saturday 12/26 @ Skirball Cultural Center

The subject of an engaging exhibition and lavishly appended new book, Eric Etheridge's contemporary photographic portraits of this group of American... 

<em>A Furious Heartbeat</em>: Shepard Fairey and Antonino D'Ambrosio present <em>A Heartbeat and a Guitar</em> and <em>Let Fury Have the Hour</em>

Party

A Furious Heartbeat

Saturday 12/26 @ Subliminal Projects

This evening celebrates two storytelling achievements centered around music and social justice. Author Antonino D'Ambrosio's book A Heartbeat & A Guitar... 

Henry Jaglom's <em>Just 45 Minutes from Broadway</em>

Theatre

Just 45 Minutes from Broadway

Saturday 12/26 @ Edgemar Center for the Arts

Henry Jaglom's father was a wealthy Russian businessman, and one of the few Jews Heinrich Himmler offered make an "honorary Aryan"... 

The MAK Center presents Otto Neurath: <em>Gypsy Urbanism</em>

Art

Otto Neurath

Saturday 12/26 @ MAK Center Schindler House

The MAK Center for Art and Architecture hosts an exhibition in honor of Austrian sociologist, political scientist, intellectual, and author Otto... 

<em>Collecting California</em>

Art

Collecting California

Saturday 12/26 @ Laguna Art Museum

Works by regional and national artists come together at the Laguna Art Museum's Collecting California, which reflects the long history of... 

Hollywood Bowl Poster Artshow

Art

Hollywood Bowl Poster Artshow

Saturday 12/26 @ Arclight Hollywood

Known primarily for its iconic outdoor amphitheatre and legendary musical acts, the Hollywood Bowl is offering fans a glimpse into the... 

<em>TOOLS</em>

Art

TOOLS

Saturday 12/26 @ Art Center College of Design

Although some of the objects in TOOLS may seem familiar, they are most definitely far from from ordinary. Jointly organized by... 

<em>The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus</em>

Film

The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus

Saturday 12/26 @ Various Los Angeles theaters

Terry Gilliam's visually rich follow-up to such cult gems as Brazil (1985), The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988), and Fear and... 

<em>Intelligent Design: Interspecies Art</em>

Art

Intelligent Design

Saturday 12/26 @ Sweeney Art Gallery, UC Riverside

Twenty international artists who explore human interaction with domesticated, imaginary, laboratory, or wild animals contribute work in media from video installation... 

IMAGES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: Student Voices

Special Event

IMAGES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: Student Voices

Saturday 12/26 @ Skirball Cultural Center

Recently, Art Center College of Design students directed their communications prowess towards human rights, yielding emotionally-charged pieces that straddle the line... 

<em>SPORT: Iooss & Leifer</em>

Art: Photography

SPORT: Iooss & Leifer

Saturday 12/26 @ Annenberg Space for Photography

The Annenberg Space for Photography brings the entire genius of its well-appointed exhibition areas and NASA-quality digital-media resources to bear on... 

<em>In Bed Together</em>

Art

In Bed Together

Saturday 12/26 @ Royal/T

Jane Glassman's years of work in the art world have seen her not only getting to know a variety of its... 

<em>Project: Holiday Projection</em>&mdash;A Visual Journey Through Imagination, Perception, and Holiday Ambiance

Special Event

Project: Holiday Projection

Saturday 12/26 @ The Spurgeon Building, Santa Ana

Most cities define the holiday spirit by decking the halls, stringing a few lights, and covering the streets with humdrum holiday... 

<em>Unusual Behavior</em>

Art

Unusual Behavior

Saturday 12/26 @ Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum

Curated by Flavorpill's own Heather Jeno Silva (who moonlights as the curator of the CAF's monthly Forum Lounge public conversations, among... 

Ingres' <em>Comtesse d'Haussonville</em> from the Frick Collection

Art

Ingres' Comtesse d'Haussonville from the Frick Collection

Saturday 12/26 @ Norton Simon Museum of Art

This beguiling portrait occupies a privileged position at the threshold between French Romanticism and the early hints of modernity. Its impossibly... 

<em>The Road</em>

Film

The Road

Saturday 12/26 @ Various Los Angeles theaters

Gray, empty, and full of collapsed architecture, the godforsaken landscape of The Road is true to author Cormac McCarthy's lean, illustrious... 

<em>I Feel Different</em>

Art

I Feel Different

Saturday 12/26 @ LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions)

Curator Jennifer Doyle gets in touch with our emotional side in I Feel Different, a group exhibition featuring multimedia works at... 

Jeff Gambill: <em>Barely There</em>

Art

Jeff Gambill

Saturday 12/26 @ Sam Lee Gallery

There is sometimes a disconnect between one's idea of a place and one's actual experience. Artist Jeff Gambill works precisely in this... 

The Grand Guignolers present <em>Absinthe, Opium & Magic</em>

Performing Arts

Absinthe, Opium & Magic

Saturday 12/26 @ Art/Works Theatre

In the tradition of Paris' Theatre du Grand Guignol, LA's Grand Guignolers combine macabre storytelling with delightful performances. This time, the... 

The Hammer Museum Presents <em>The Bible Illuminated: R. Crumb's Book of Genesis</em>

Art

The Bible Illuminated: R. Crumb’s Book of Genesis

Saturday 12/26 @ Hammer Museum

R. Crumb's interpretation of the Book of Genesis is at once disturbing, sacrilegious, violent, and debauched, but paired with a holy... 

Frank W. Ockenfels 3: <em>Without Filter</em>

Art: Photography

Frank W. Ockenfels 3

Saturday 12/26 @ Clark Oshin Gallery

Clark Oshin Gallery shows off Frank W. Ockenfels 3's astonishing creative range with an exhibition of photographs and drawings at the... 

<em>Don't Blow It / A Rising Tide</em>

City Gems

Don't Blow It / A Rising Tide

Saturday 12/26 @ One Colorado

Storefronts in the One Colorado block of Pasadena become canvases for an ambitious and awe-inspiring video-art installation courtesy of the husband-and-wife... 

<em>Darkwave</em>

Art

Darkwave

Saturday 12/26 @ Black Cat Gallery

Darkwave is a group exhibition of local painters and sculptors who are more than just friends and neighbors — they are... 

<em>Accomplice: Hollywood</em>

Get Social

Accomplice: Hollywood

Saturday 12/26 @ Various Hollywood locations

Co-produced by Neil Patrick Harris and Tom Salamon, Accomplice: Hollywood sends teams of intrepid folks along Hollywood Boulevard and its environs... 

<em>Wayne Thiebaud: 70 Years of Painting</em>

Art

Wayne Thiebaud: 70 Years of Painting

Saturday 12/26 @ Pasadena Museum of California Art

Perhaps no pop artist is as famous for his window shopping as Wayne Thiebaud. Known largely for his pale palette oil... 

<em>The Beaches of Agn&egrave;s</em>

Film: Documentary

The Beaches of Agnès

Saturday 12/26 @ Laemmle's Sunset 5

The "Agnès" of the title would be the one and only Varda. In this lovely autobiographic portrait, the New Wave's only... 

<em>An Idea Called Tomorrow 2 </em>

Special Event

An Idea Called Tomorrow 2

Saturday 12/26 @ Skirball Cultural Center

An Idea Called Tomorrow offers meditations on what should/could/would make for a peaceable and sustainable future — culturally, environmentally, and socially... 

<em>Migrations of the Mind</em>: Manuscripts from the Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection

Art

Migrations of the Mind: Manuscripts from the Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection

Saturday 12/26 @ The Getty Museum

Through Spring, the Getty gets medieval with an exhibition of illustrated manuscripts culling ancient Christian, Muslim, and Eastern wisdom from past... 

<em>Point Break LIVE!</em>

Theatre

Point Break LIVE!

Saturday 12/26 @ Dragonfly

Point Break LIVE! turns cinematic lemons into lemonade, raucously skewering the cult-classic film by casting an unrehearsed audience volunteer to fill... 

Matthew Heller: <em>The Great</em>

Art

Matthew Heller

Saturday 12/26 @ Galerie Anais

Los Angeles painter and poet Matthew Heller has hit a stride with his latest exhibition at Galerie Anaïs, Bergamot's newest tenant.... 

<em>Divine Demons: Wrathful Deities of Buddhist Art</em>

Special Event

Divine Demons: Wrathful Deities of Buddhist Art

Saturday 12/26 @ Norton Simon Museum of Art

Severed heads, skulls and daggers brimming with blood, and cemeteries littered with dismembered corpses may not readily invoke visions of spiritual... 

<em>New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape</em>

Art: Photography

New Topographics

Saturday 12/26 @ Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Not much has changed since 1975 when New Topographics first opened at the George Eastman House. The state of the world... 

Sydney Walsh

Art

Sydney Walsh

Saturday 12/26 @ Vida Verde

Sydney Walsh's warm and human collages are rendered on reclaimed wood, paper and canvas, and are at once resonant, gentle, and... 

The Chimaera of Arezzo

Art

The Chimaera of Arezzo

Saturday 12/26 @ The Getty Museum

The Chimaera of Arezzo traces the myth of Bellerophon and the Chimaera - the legendary fire-breathing monster comprised of a lion,... 

Cinespace Saturdays

Music

Cinespace Saturdays

Saturday 12/26 @ Cinespace

Saturday nights at Cinespace is the place to be for dancing and drinks on Hollywood Boulevard. Join us for the city's... 

Art Deco Walking Tour

City Gems: Guided Tour

Art Deco Walking Tour

Saturday 12/26 @ Los Angeles Conservancy

The Art Deco tour is an in-depth look at the history, materials, and style of Art Deco architecture popular in Los... 

Behold the Day: The Color Block Prints of Frances Gearhart

Art

Behold the Day: The Color Block Prints of Frances Gearhart

Saturday 12/26 @ Pasadena Museum of California Art

A leader in the American Printmaking movement, Frances Gearhart’s work was embedded in the time and place of the Arts and... 

Drawings by Rembrandt and His Pupils: Telling the Difference

Art

Drawings by Rembrandt and His Pupils: Telling the Difference

Saturday 12/26 @ The Getty Museum

Telling the differenc between drawings by Rembrandt and his pupils is a centuries-old problem. A popular teacher with more than 50... 

<em>Gaze: Portraiture after Ingres</em>

Art

Gaze: Portraiture after Ingres

Saturday 12/26 @ Norton Simon Museum of Art

In conjunction with the installation of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres's stunning Comtesse d’Haussonville, 1845, on loan from The Frick Collection in New... 

The Horse Boy

Film: Documentary

The Horse Boy

Saturday 12/26 @ Downtown Independent Theater

How far would you travel to heal someone you love? An intensely personal yet epic spiritual journey, The Horse Boy follows... 

Noah's Ark at the Skirball

Special Event

Noah's Ark at the Skirball

Saturday 12/26 @ Skirball Cultural Center

Imagine yourself immersed in a favorite childhood tale. Five years in the making and occupying an 8,000-square-foot gallery, Noah's Ark at... 

Funky Sole @ Echo

Music: DJ

Funky Sole @ Echo

Saturday 12/26 @ The Echo & Echoplex

L.A.'S LONGEST RUNNING DUSTY BEAT DRIVEN WORLD FUNK PARTY RELOCATES TO THE ECHO EVERY SATURDAY STARTING & IS STILL FREE FOR... 

Molten Color: Glassmaking in Antiquity

Art

Molten Color: Glassmaking in Antiquity

Saturday 12/26 @ The Getty Museum

Over 180 ancient glass objects from the collection of Erwin Oppenländer are featured in this exhibition. The Oppenländer collection, which the Getty... 

Historic Downtown Walking Tour

City Gems: Guided Tour

Historic Downtown Walking Tour

Saturday 12/26 @ Los Angeles Conservancy

The Historic Downtown tour provides an overview of the historical and cultural landmarks of downtown Los Angeles. Covering a wide range... 

<em>ROAD TO FREEDOM: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1956&ndash;1968</em>

Special Event

ROAD TO FREEDOM: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1956–1968

Saturday 12/26 @ Skirball Cultural Center

Making its West Coast debut at the Skirball, Road to Freedom: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1956–1968 features more than... 

Art: Photography

Irving Penn: Small Trades

Saturday 12/26 @ The Getty Museum

Irving Penn was one of the most respected photographers of the 20th century. In a career that began at the premiere... 

Broadway: Historic Theatre and Commercial District Walking Tour

City Gems: Guided Tour

Broadway: Historic Theatre and Commercial District Walking Tour

Saturday 12/26 @ Los Angeles Conservancy

The tour explores the social, cinematic, and architectural history of the largest National Register Historic Theatre Districts in the country. The... 

Population: Portraits by Ray Turner

Art

Population: Portraits by Ray Turner

Saturday 12/26 @ Pasadena Museum of California Art

A former painting instructor at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, artist Ray Turner fashions a uniquely seductive and engaging... 

Forever Hollywood

Film: Documentary

Forever Hollywood

Saturday 12/26 @ Egyptian Theatre

FOREVER HOLLYWOOD (55 min.) is a permanent attraction film which screens exclusively at the Egyptian Theatre. Produced by the American Cinematheque,... 

<em>Inspired by the Ocean</em>

Art

Inspired by the Ocean

Saturday 12/26 @ Art Center College of Design

Illustration students from Art Center College of Design currently have their work on display at the Aquarium of the Pacific in...